Communication on Hu Jia, a Victim of an

                Enforced or Involuntary Disappearance

Important: Elements indicated with (*) are mandatory

Note: If any information contained in the report, besides the mandatory requested elements, should be kept confidential, please mark the word “CONFIDENTIAL” beside the relevant entry.

1. Identity of the disappeared person:

(a) Family name (*): .Hu......................................................................................................

(b) First name (*): .Jia.........................................................................................................

(c) Sex: _√_ male __ female

(d) Birth date: July 25, 1973...................................................................................................

(e) Identity document: ..........................................................................................................

Nr: ...110105730725411.........................................................................................................

Date of issue: .......................................................................................................................

Place of issue: Chao Yang District Police Substation...........................

 (f) Address of usual residence: ..#542, Building NO.76, Dongguoyuan, Bobo Ziyoucheng, Tongzhou District, Beijing101100, China..............................................................................................

(g) Indigenous: _√ yes __ no

(h) Pregnant: __ yes _√_ no

2. Date on which the disappearance occurred (at least as to the month and year) (*):
 
Date of disappearance: .Around 9:30am. February 16^th, 2006.................................................

3. Place of arrest or abduction, or where the disappeared person was last seen (*):

Location (if possible street, city, province or other relevant indications): Home, refer 1. (f) Address of usual residence.

4. Forces (State or State-supported) believed to be responsible for the disappearance (*): Tongzhou District Police Substation, Beijing.

(a) If the perpetrators are believed to be State agents, please specify (military, police, persons in uniform or civilian clothes, agents of security services, unit to which they belong, rank and functions, etc.) and indicate why they are believed to be responsible; be as precise as possible:

A plainclothesman’s name: Mr. Yang Chuntao.

From February 11 to 16, Hu Jia was under close house arrest. He could not go out without Plainclothesman’s superior permission. If allowed go out, he must be under close surveillance.

On the morning of February 16, plainclothesman Mr. Yang Chuntao and other some plainclothes men were on duty. They sat downstairs of my apartment. When I left home at about 9:00am. That day, Yang Chuntao told me they were waiting for their superior response then decided whether let Hu Jia went out for a meeting.

When I called Hu Jia at 9:46am., no answered. I called my neighbor immediately, he told me there was nobody under my apartment anymore. I called Yang Chuntao, he said they had sent Hu Jia to that meeting and watching on him. And I called the convocator, she said Hu Jia was absent.

Yang Chuntao lied for the distance from my home to the meeting place is too long, and it was jammed time. They couldn’t arrived at the meeting place in one and a half hours

(b) If identification as State agents is not possible, why do you believe that Government authorities, or persons linked to them, are responsible for the incident?

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(c) If there are witnesses to the incident, indicate their names. If they wish to remain anonymous,

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 5. Action taken by the relatives or others to locate the person (inquiries with police, jail, human rights commission, habeas corpus petition etc.) (*):

(a) Indicate if complaints have been filed, when, by whom, and before which organ.

On February 21, I reported citizen disappearance to Zhong Cang Station House, Tongzhou District, Beijing.

From February 21, I update my family’s situation and effort on searching for Hu Jia since his disappearance on my blog. The blog address is: http://spaces.msn.com/zengjinyan. I sent emails to staffs of UNAIDS, American Embassy, International Amnesty Hongkong, some civil society organizations in Beijing and lots of AIDS Organizations and Environment protection organizations, as well as participants of International Human Rights Training Progrm.

I went to Zhong Cang Station House and Tongzhou District Police Substation again. And filled a complaints form in Office of Letters and Calls in Tongzhou District Police Station on March 2.

 (b) Other steps taken:

 Hu Jia’s mother called Bejing Security Bureau on February 22.

Hu Jia’s mother and I went to Tongzhou District Police Substation on February 27.

International Amnesty and Global Response sent Public letters, so did some other organizations.

UNAIDS China expressed their concern to the Chinese Government.

 (c) If action was not possible, please explain why: 

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6. Identity of the person or organization submitting the report (*):

(a) Family name: .Zeng..........................................................................................................

(b) First name: .....Jin-Yan......................................................................................................

(c) Relationship with the disappeared person: ........Wife........................................................

(d) Organization (if applicable): ..............................................................................................

(e) Address (telephone, fax, e-mail): .......................................................................................

Tel: 86-10-81929880, 86-13810673273

Fax: 86-10-89520542.

Email: zengjy337@hotmail.com

zengjinyan@gmail.com.

(f) Please state whether you would like your identity to be kept confidential: ......No need to be kept confidential.

Additional Information on the case:

Please indicate any other relevant information that has not been answered in the previous questions. If one of the mandatory elements noted (*) in this report could not be answered, please indicate why.

Hu Jia is a vegetarian, also B hepatitis. Hu Jia has a known medical condition, which requires that he take medicine daily. He disappeared without took along any medicine, vitamin and

Since I have updated news on Hu Jia and sent emails to mass of people, I couldn’t enter my email account frequently. Also the inter net couldn’t work frequently in my home. ..........................................................................................................................

Date: March 7, 2006

Signature of author: Zeng Jin-Yan